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Ten of 12 Bay Area members of Congress supported fiscal cliff vote

By Dan Nakaso dnakaso@mercurynews.com

Posted:
01/03/2013 06:56:03 AM PST

Updated:
01/03/2013 12:20:31 PM PST

Ten of 12 House members of the Bay Area's congressional delegation -- all Democrats -- voted in favor of the American Taxpayer Relief Act that kept the U.S. economy from falling over the fiscal cliff. Two -- Pete Stark of Fremont and Lynn Woolsey of San Rafael -- did not vote.

Woolsey is retiring after 20 years in Washington. Stark, who was first elected in 1972, was defeated in his re-election bid last year.